Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

THE LATEST POOP BY PAPA'WEALEY (Continued from page 2) Autrey, Mike Curoso , Bruce Penhall, Mike Bast and Alan Christian, ,The American and the World teams w ill meet at Costa Mesa on March 3 and 10, at San Bernardino on March 4 and 11, at Ventura on March 7 and possib ly at Ascot on t he half mile March 9. Contact I nternat ional Speedway, the pro m ot ers, at 714/492-9933 for more inf o. George L or en rep orts that he lost his wallet between the sign -up trailer and the Rescue 3 area at the Desert Sq uirrels AMA 0 ·37 ha re and hound . Call George at 213 /973 ·2094 or 374 · 7895 if you can help him get it back . Perr is Raceway w ill host a Do n England Memorial Event on Feb. 26, the proceeds of w hich will go t o the England family. Those who can 't attend but would li ke to send - a card or contribution may write t o Hope Engla nd , clo Perris Raceway, P.O. Box 371, Perris, CA 92370. More inf o can be obtained f rom the track at 714/657·8917, Gerry Burton at 714/657 ·1922, Len Shir ley at 7141960·2501 or Bob Sanders at 213/653-1624. Remember This prOfileHer e's all·new total performance designed to stay competitive until the turn Of the decade. Malco engineers restUdIed the physIcal fo rces that stress the rider and machine and established new lim Its. A new engine placed lower In the new chrome moly frame and the shaped swlngarm brought down the center of gravIty. The seat Is lower and ground clearance Impr oved. Smooth Up- Front. Ten Inches Of front wheel travel. New progressIvely operated damping rod wIth air/spring/oil comb ination takes . the thud out Of topping and bottoming. Rear suseenslon: Even Better. The AW system cycle Journalists called "Ideal" Is better In t he Magnum. A fUll ten Inches Of travel. Gas reservoIr shocks With progressive double spring made by corte cosso, worldfamous shock builders for FerrarI. More H.P., Less Ibs. The new Magnum eng Ines pack more HPs (44 In the 400 Magnum version) In lessspace. New light G.P. crankshaft and Hans Maisch cylinder porting on the 250 Magnum. New csroureuon. New high performance up-pipe and cvunaer head. The famous Malco power band remains, but overall weight Is down a fUll six Ibs. SQrocket, Swlngarm and Chain. Radical, But Rational, Change. countershaft sprocket is located next to the swingarm pivot point. TWelve chaIn links are gone. So are chain tensloners. YOu'll never need them on the Magnums. Together, the short chain and shaped swingarm Improve handling and t raction through whOOps. (The chain keeps the shocks under less compression which allows the wheel to rebound quickerJ Tank and Seat combO, Designed Like a cockp-it. New styled aluminum tank In line With a rugged seat/ fender combinatIon. New State Of the Art ignition. New Maico Motoplat-thyristor ignition fire the Magnums with righ t· on t im ing. Ignition metntenance Is a thIng Of the past. New Engine Mount. Four point engine mount configuration places rear motor mounts on t he shaped swlngarm With new steel bUShIng inserts for extra life. Stress on t he frame is greatly reduced. So New, It's ImQortant News. Mag ura controls, Metzeler tires, the Maico red color... th ere's a little Of the '77 AW series In the Magnums. The ,..-,= ,..,."..,,,..rest is new. Never before have inventIve Maico engineers brought so many great ideas to dirt racing in a single model year. All for a single purpose... to go fast. Seehow quick you can get to your Maico dealer. The '78 Magnum is here .. . in three MX models, 250, 400 and 450. r - - - - - - ---==--------, If you' re a Texan or an almost -Texan and you' re a hillclimber , the n be su re to catch th e Mineral W ells climb on Mar. . 19 . It's the only AMA qualifier for you r district. Only th e 100cc ·O pe n classes will be run for the qua lifier , b u t othe r cla sses will be run for fu n and T exa s Hillclim b Assn . points. The 1977 awards will a lso be p resent ed at 'the Min er a l Wells cli mb . W a n t mo re info? Conta ct T om Anderson , 1011 N . Dwight , Dallas , TX 7521 1 214/ 339· 1238. Wi t h all the rain comi ng down in recent w eek s (Papa 's desk washed out to sea ye sterday and t he L!y pew rit er isn't far be hind), it sounds li ke a good idea to call t he event promoter before you go to a race . Several have been cancelled recently . " V a n d a ls d e fa cin g ce rit ur ie s -o ld Indi an art in Moj ave Desert" reads a healdin e in th e L.A . Times au thored by sta ff wr iter Rob ert A.Jon es. The " art icle bla mes d irt riders a nd ot he r 't O RVers for d amage to int agl ios g h uge figures dis cerni b le on ly fro m th e " air . BLM a rcheologist Bom a J ohnson " is quoted : " Ma ny of th ese a re peop le C1 who want to dest ro y a nyt hing t ha t is s held in reveren ce . They can stri ke a nd q leave almos t no evidence of who th ey clare. They'r e sick people ." ~> If you ri de the desert without any ~ ove rw h e l mi n g urge to destroy r anything - in taglios or otherwise .!a letter to the staff writer Jones and the ed itor of the Orange ",County Local NewslEditorial Pages . section might be in order. The '"article appeared on p. 1 of section II, in the Feb. 6 issue. The LA. Times ~ address Is Times Mirror Square, Los Angele., CA 90053. It's a whole new feelingl . MAICO: 109 Electrtc Ave., Lewistown. PA 17044 ; Rt. 1, BOx 211. AntiOCh . IL 60002 ; 110 E. santa Anita Ave. Buroanl( CA 91502; CANADk 64 Heal y R

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